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No. 82,209,. PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1868.

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BUSK 0R STAY FOR CORSETS..

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THOMAS B. DE FOREST, OF BIRMINGHAM. CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 82,209, dated September 15, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUSKS 0R STAYS FOR CORSETS.

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TO ALL WHOM I'lv MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. DE FOREsT, of Birmingham, in the countyofNew Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a' new Improvementin Dressand Corset-Stays {and I do hereby declare the follow: ing, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters ofreference-marked thereon to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in

Figure 1, a front view of acorset-stay with the eye attached.

Figure 2, a front view of a corset-stay with the hook attached.-

Figure 3, a transverse section of a corset-stay enlarged; and, in

Figure 4, a transverse section of the book.

This invention relates to an improvement inwhat are termed stays fordresses and corsets, as a substitute both for the steels and bones nowin general use;

- IIeretoforc, the stays to which the clasps are attached in corsetshave been formed from steel, the metal being of the required size, andjapanndd or eevercd vith fabricated material, and for stays, for otherparts of the corsets, and for dress-waists, pieces of whalcbone orrattan are employed, but are liable to break or set, and

therefore become useless for the purpose intended.

The object of this invention is to reduce the expense of corset-steels,and produce a stay which will not break or become set from beingretained in any fixed form, and to this end my invention consists informing the stay from paper or similar fibrous material, and insertingtherein a flat strip of steel or other similar elastic material, to givethe required elasticity to the paper body.

In order to the clear understanding of my invention, I will fullydescribe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I first 'form a body, of paper or similar fibrous material, of the widthrequired for the stay, and insert therein, longitudinally through thefibrous body, a strip of steel, as denoted enlarged in fig. 3. This maybe done by placing a strip at each edge of the spring. to make it theproper width, and then covering both surfaces with a strip of similarmaterial, so as to enclose and make a. perfect whole with the elasticmaterial within.

By this means, two-thirds of the amount of metal commonly used for theclasp and stays is dispensed with, the body of fibrous material beingall-sufiicicnt to make up the required size, and for other stays themetallic spring prevents the setting of the stay in the curved formwhich it assumes when upon the body.

I make the stays of.various lengths, which may be required for differentparts of the corsets or dress-waists,

and the paper body is less liable to wear or injure the garment than thebones or rattan now commonly used,

and the cost, when the durability is considered, is less for myimprovement than the ordinary stays.

The stay, thus constructed, may be braided, if desired, but the expenseofjnpanning the steel is entirely I avoided, and the coveringmay bedispensed with.

The stays, thus formed, may be tipped or not, it not being essentialthat they should be tipped. The clasps which I propose to use with thesestays are made (the hook and eye) each from a single piece,

and so as to be clasped over their respective steels, as seen in figs. 1and 2, theeyeAbeing a. common and wellknown device. The book I form bypunching and raising from the plate B sufi'icient metal to form a hook,d, the said hook opening from the front edge, and so that the eye A maybe -easily hooked thereon.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A dress or corset-husk, of paper or similirfibrous material, havinginserted longitudinally therein a metallic spring, substantially as setforth, as a new article of manufacture.

THOS. B. DE FOREST.

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